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United Nations officials have sounded an urgent alarm about the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, warning that the epidemic is spreading exponentially faster than international response efforts can contain it.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed more than 3,000 Ebola cases, with over 1,350 deaths recorded. The first human vaccine trial for the Bundibugyo strain has begun at Oxford University.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has climbed to 2,905 confirmed cases and 1,269 deaths following database integration. Oxford University has launched the first human trial of a potential vaccine, with 50 volunteers expected to participate.
The UN migration agency has identified funeral practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a major driver of Ebola transmission, with the death toll now exceeding 800 and cases spreading rapidly across five provinces.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has confirmed 1,873 Ebola cases across five provinces, with the death toll reaching 672. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo ebolavirus, has now spread beyond its initial epicentre.
France has successfully treated and discharged its first confirmed Ebola patient, a humanitarian worker who contracted the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before returning home on June 23.